false-hearted

[ fawls-hahr-tid ]

adjective

1. having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.

Other Words From

• false-hearted·ly adverb
• false-hearted·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of false-hearted¹

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

“This blatant game of ‘genocide-lite’ by Planned Parenthood is both deeply troubling and false-hearted,” said Angela Stanton-King, who’s running for John Lewis’ congressional seat in Georgia.

From Fox News

“I am not a little sparrow,” she sang in a hushed voice, “I am just the broken dream/Of a cold false-hearted lover/And his evil cunning scheme.”

From Los Angeles Times

"He drinks Bud from a bottle …" "This programme," says a voice reminiscent of the narrator of Woody Allen's later films, "is both dedicated to the faithful, and presented to the false-hearted to encourage their renewal of temperance and virtue".

From The Guardian

He therefore warmly resents Wordsworth's remark about "that cold and false-hearted, frenchified coxcomb, Horace Walpole."

From Project Gutenberg

Other acts of cold-blooded cruelty, and false-hearted tyranny followed, till he became the execration and abhorrence of the whole colony.

From Project Gutenberg